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Moritz Glantz #a11y<p>NEW ACCESSIBILITY SHIRT!</p><p>A11Y is going to space!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://cottonbureau.com/p/GB4U92/shirt/a11y-going-to-space-a11y-accessibility-t-shirt#/28483974/tee-men-premium-lightweight-vintage-black-tri-blend-s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cottonbureau.com/p/GB4U92/shir</span><span class="invisible">t/a11y-going-to-space-a11y-accessibility-t-shirt#/28483974/tee-men-premium-lightweight-vintage-black-tri-blend-s</span></a></p>
Accessibility in the News<p>Movie Theater Revenue Hurt By Basic Accessibility Failings, New Report Shows <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/gusalexiou/2025/03/28/movie-theater-revenue-hurt-by-simple-accessibility-failings-new-report-shows/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/gusalexiou/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/28/movie-theater-revenue-hurt-by-simple-accessibility-failings-new-report-shows/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a></p>
Accessibility in the News<p>Why Disability Inclusion Matters in Financial Services <a href="https://ffnews.com/fintech-tv/event/event-videos-2025/merchant-payments-ecosystem-2025/why-disability-inclusion-matters-in-financial-services-project-nemo-at-mpe-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ffnews.com/fintech-tv/event/ev</span><span class="invisible">ent-videos-2025/merchant-payments-ecosystem-2025/why-disability-inclusion-matters-in-financial-services-project-nemo-at-mpe-2025/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a></p>
Johnny Taylor<p>“The use of access <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> often compromises <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> individuals. Detecting such technology can reveal personal health information, limit access to services, and result in data being sold to third parties… Advocacy is needed to protect the privacy rights of disabled people while ensuring equal access to technology and services.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a></p><p><a href="https://accessaces.com/what-disabled-people-have-to-give-up-in-the-name-of-accessibility/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">accessaces.com/what-disabled-p</span><span class="invisible">eople-have-to-give-up-in-the-name-of-accessibility/</span></a></p>
Adrian Roselli<p>Claimed fixed:<br>“Not able to access ARIA Listbox items with TalkBack”<br><a href="https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40260928#comment25" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">issues.chromium.org/issues/402</span><span class="invisible">60928#comment25</span></a></p><p>Been waiting the last few days for Chrome Dev 137.0.7123.0. to appear on the Android Play store to confirm.</p><p>But if you have access and can confirm, go for it. I’m impatient.</p><p><a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a></p>
Carrie On Accessibility<p>Something incredibly frustrating about the Meta smart glasses is that it has restrictions on what it can or cannot describe. For someone who is blind or visually impaired, this is even more frustrating, especially since there are so many other AI options that don't have these limitations... they're not in glasses form though...</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/D8nvgrQkRfA?si=ssQqfg9GpR8dBhqQ&amp;utm_content=buffer7ae4f&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/shorts/D8nvgrQkRfA</span><span class="invisible">?si=ssQqfg9GpR8dBhqQ&amp;utm_content=buffer7ae4f&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/A11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>A11y</span></a></p>
Accessibility in the News<p>Enhancing campus life: Accessibility app breaks barriers <a href="https://www.cmich.edu/news/details/enhancing-campus-life-accessibility-app-breaks-barriers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cmich.edu/news/details/enhanci</span><span class="invisible">ng-campus-life-accessibility-app-breaks-barriers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a></p>
Schalk Neethling<p>Reviewing a Bionic Hand! - MKBHD <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTs8wnMsh0k" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=VTs8wnMsh0</span><span class="invisible">k</span></a></p>
Web Axe<p>Top 10 Common Accessibility Issues in Websites, by Afixt <a href="https://afixt.com/top-10-common-accessibility-issues-in-websites/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">afixt.com/top-10-common-access</span><span class="invisible">ibility-issues-in-websites/</span></a> <a href="https://a11y.info/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a></p>
London Web Standards<p>Announcing the first talk for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LWSMay2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LWSMay2025</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.design.systems/@gerireid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gerireid</span></a></span> <br>Shift left on accessibility<br><a href="https://londonwebstandards.org/talks/shift-left-on-accessibility/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">londonwebstandards.org/talks/s</span><span class="invisible">hift-left-on-accessibility/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/gaad2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaad2025</span></a></p>
The A11y Collective<p>Interesting research by Steve Faulkner: Which accessibility issues can automated tools test without humans? <a href="https://html5accessibility.com/stuff/2025/03/27/mind-the-wcag-automation-gap/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">html5accessibility.com/stuff/2</span><span class="invisible">025/03/27/mind-the-wcag-automation-gap/</span></a> <br><a href="https://front-end.social/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a><br><a href="https://front-end.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a></p>
Steve Faulkner<p>Can 1.4.12 Text Spacing trigger a 1.4.10 Reflow failure?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WCAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WCAG</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a> W3C</p><p><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/4332" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/4332</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Access42<p>Waouh 🤩 Vous êtes plus de 1700 à recevoir notre newsletter dédiée à l’accessibilité et au handicap, merci ! </p><p>La prochaine édition arrive bientôt, inscrivez-vous ! </p><p>💌 <a href="https://a42.fr/newsletter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">a42.fr/newsletter</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>Envie d’un aperçu ? Parcourez nos archives : <a href="https://a42.fr/newsletter-archives" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">a42.fr/newsletter-archives</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://social.a11y.fr/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a> <a href="https://social.a11y.fr/tags/accessibilit%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibilité</span></a> <a href="https://social.a11y.fr/tags/handicap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handicap</span></a></p>
Sergei Kriger<p>I'm happy to announce, that I will start my Accessibility Testing Course on May 15 – a day when <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> community will celebrate <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay</span></a> 🎉🎉🎉 </p><p>For details check the course website: <a href="https://accessibilitytestingcourse.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">accessibilitytestingcourse.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GAAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GAAD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GAAD2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GAAD2025</span></a></p>
Théorie :verified:<p>A11yParis 2025, c'est prévu ou pas du tout ?</p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/A11yParis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>A11yParis</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/paris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paris</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/accessibilit%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibilité</span></a></p>
Théorie :verified:<p>Ubisoft publie son outil d'accessibilité dédié à améliorer la prise en compte du daltonisme dans les jeux vidéos. <a href="https://www.frandroid.com/produits-android/2581889_ubisoft-fait-un-grand-pas-dans-laccessibilite-du-jeu-video-grace-a-cet-outil-gratuit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">frandroid.com/produits-android</span><span class="invisible">/2581889_ubisoft-fait-un-grand-pas-dans-laccessibilite-du-jeu-video-grace-a-cet-outil-gratuit</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/accessibilit%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibilité</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a></p>
skry<p>"Wonderful to see! Ubisoft announced yesterday that they've open sourced their colourblind simulation tool Chroma (UbiChroma as it's called on GitHub), after several years of internal use and development." <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ux</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/ubisoft-open-sourced-chroma-their-colourblind-simulation-tool/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/ubis</span><span class="invisible">oft-open-sourced-chroma-their-colourblind-simulation-tool/</span></a></p>
🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 <span>Today in </span><a href="https://fed.interfree.ca/tags/ChatGPT" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a><span> attempting to be helpful with a thing I'm building: "Consider bumping the font size in your CSS so NVDA/VoiceOver don’t make you squint your ears." I, uh, I'm not sure </span><a href="https://fed.interfree.ca/tags/AI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag" target="_blank">#AI</a><span> is ready to do </span><a href="https://fed.interfree.ca/tags/accessibility" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag" target="_blank">#accessibility</a><span> yet. I mean, I should bump the font size for </span><a href="https://fed.interfree.ca/tags/a11y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag" target="_blank">#a11y</a><span> reasons...those just aren't the right reasons. I can't wait until we have completely </span><a href="https://fed.interfree.ca/tags/blind" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag" target="_blank">#blind</a><span> designers building CSS with nothing but AI. Anyway, back to squinting my ears!</span>
Accessibility in the News<p>Arts and culture websites ‘among worst for accessibility’ - Arts Professional <a href="https://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/newsreel/arts-and-culture-websites-among-worst-for-accessibility" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">artsprofessional.co.uk/news/ne</span><span class="invisible">wsreel/arts-and-culture-websites-among-worst-for-accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a></p>
Adrian Roselli<p>Relaunched on Threadless!</p><p>The four principles of WCAG, plus more. You can pay money for them!</p><p>Available in black or white, set in Neue Helvetica Heavy or Atkinson Hyperlegible. You can choose shirt colors.</p><p>Black Helvetica:<br><a href="https://aardrian.threadless.com/designs/pourpn-neue-helvetica-black-text" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aardrian.threadless.com/design</span><span class="invisible">s/pourpn-neue-helvetica-black-text</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>a11y</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a></p>